germe

Meaning

1. (masculine) germ (embryo of a seed)
2. (masculine) germ; microorganism
3. (masculine) germ (idea that forms the basis of some project)

Concepts

germ

seed

microbe

🦠

microorganism

micro-organism

Opposite of

casca, pericarpo

Synonyms

embrião

microorganismo

microrganismos

Translations

Keim

germen

germe

kiem

germe

μικρόβιο

germen

microbo

🦠

embrión

ziektekiem

germen

Krankheitserreger

μικροοργανισμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʒɛʁ.mi/

Etymology

From Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to bear”) + *-mn̥.